I meant no disrespect with my reply and I hope none was taken.

Way back when, I tried the "benign spiral" in my LS-6a. I found it to be
dynamically unstable in pitch and, after a few cycles without touching the
stick, it was ready to loop or break Vne.

I know another glider pilot who told me that he entered a cumulus cloud in a
1-26, had a great climb, and flew out the side of the cloud. He tried it
again and came out the bottom of the cloud inverted. He was an Air Force
fighter pilot so unusual attitudes were no stranger to him.

It can be done, but it can also cause a bent aircraft. It's just not worth
it to me so I'll keep my eyes open for opportunities to get drawn into a
cloud or caught on top and avoid them.


"son_of_flubber" wrote in message
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"son_of_flubber" wrote in message
snip ...Why not equip gliders (with a turn and bank indicator) and
pilots
(with training) to safely handle a few minutes of cloud flying if it is
a
non-zero possibility

On Monday, February 25, 2013 10:50:52 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
That's a pretty naive question.

Pretty much ALL of my questions are naive due to my lack of much
experience and training. It's good for me to reminded of that from time
to time. Thanks for your answer.